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From Latin noxius (hurtful, injurious), from noxa (hurt, injury), from nocere (to hurt, injure); see nocent.

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noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)

  1. Harmful; injurious.
    • 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[1], Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1:
      In the living state, the body is observed to […] reject what is noxious; [...]
    • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
      [...] many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. If that repair does not come in time, the result is noxious and potentially hazardous.

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